The Sound of Music child star reveals how life has never been the same 60 years later

The Sound of Music has remained one of the indelible musicals in the history of cinema, a groundbreaking box office success that is still one of the highest grossing films of all time adjusted for inflation. It also won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and made stars of its central cast, including Julie Andrews , the late Christopher Plummer, and its coterie of young actors, who played the seven von Trapp kids. And now, one of them, Nicholas Hammond, is sharing his own take on how his life changed after its release 60 years ago.

The actor, now 75, played the eldest of the two von Trapp boys, Friedrich, in the musical, and has continued his career on screen, including a memorable turn as Spider-Man in the 1970s TV series. "It was a joyous film to make," he recently told